You know there is nobody there in the stands and suddenly there is sound, you wonder where the sound is coming from,” said commentator Charu Sharma.

For the TV viewers, that collective cheer from the stands is augmented by the booming voice of Ian Bishop in the commentary box.

You don’t want to be fooling people. The chair is Mark Taylor, a board member himself. That was basically pre-recorded crowd noise to give the viewers a “stadium feel”, in what is a made-for-tv IPL. The broadcasters filled in the void by introducing ambient crowd noise to mimic the electrifying atmosphere that was once the norm. The sound engineer also had the choice for team and situation-specific chants. All rights reserved.

Otherwise when the ball is in play, the crowd chant is the same,” opines Buch. Cricket fan wins $93,000 after taking one-handed catch in crowd during ODI. It was a bit bizarre. Ganda was swarmed with high-fives and punters wanting selfies after taking the catch. They have consistently reported their concern that the constant changing of the ball would compromise the integrity of the contest. He believes that the crowd who can’t come to the ground will watch the world’s biggest T20 competition on their television sets. Not so long ago, when teams arrived in the Gulf nation, some CSK members, including a few players, were tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

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We’re just grateful to be back playing and want to make the most of that.”, IPL 2020: MS Dhoni faces Jadeja in nets as CSK begins training.

Being much bouncier, a tennis ball is harder to catch than a cricket ball. On occasions, when Ambati Rayudu would connect well and the ball flew past mid-wicket, the crowd audio would suddenly be amped up right when the ball reached the empty stands. The absence of the crowd, however, was overshadowed by the excitement to watch the IPL finally kicking off. There are certainly never going to be folks hanging around in kayaks behind Bellerive Oval just in case Chris Gayle smashes one into the Derwent with his golden bat. What if, the players ask, a ball is behaving in a certain way, say reverse swinging, and then it's replaced after a six by one that's doing nothing?

The absence of the crowd, however, was overshadowed by the excitement to watch the IPL finally kicking off. Dhoni's CSK managed to cruise to the target of 163 set by MI with four deliveries and five wickets to spare. 7) Confidence is the key to successes.

What they maintain they're endeavouring to do is use the BBL to attempt to buy into a dreamy concept innate to baseball. So how did Fisher feel about missing out on the potential windfall. Cricket runs in his veins. #IPL2020.

Jaipur, But for those watching the match from their living rooms, there is a constant buzz from the background thus creating an illusion of normalcy. When the ball is touching the boundary, grounded beyond the boundary, or being touched by a fielder who is himself either touching the boundary or grounded beyond it, it is dead and the batting side usually scores 4 or 6 runs for hitting the ball over the boundary.